Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
The Asia Foundation (TAF) is seeking a qualified professional to serve as Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, Learning (MERL) and Impact Coordinator for its Indonesia office. Duration: one year with possibility of extension; full-time.
Position Summary: The position is responsible for coordinating and strengthening TAF Indonesia's Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Impact functions across the country portfolio. The position provides technical support to program teams in designing and implementing robust MERL systems, ensuring data quality, evidence generation, and compliance with organizational and donor requirements. They will also lead portfolio-level learning, support impact measurement through qualitative and quantitative analysis, develop impact stories and knowledge products, and facilitate adaptive programming by translating evidence into practical program improvements. Working closely with program teams, partners, consultants, and regional colleagues, the position promotes consistent MERL standards, knowledge management, cross-program learning, and evidence-informed decision-making, while contributing technical inputs to program design, proposal development, evaluations, donor reporting, and organizational learning initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate the implementation and continuous improvement of MERL and Impact systems across TAF's Indonesia country portfolio
- Ensure MERL frameworks, approaches, tools, indicators, and reporting practices are consistent, practical, and aligned with donor requirements, organizational standards, and strategic priorities
- Coordinate the development and maintenance of portfolio-level MERL frameworks, indicator reference sheets, data collection tools, and reporting templates
- Strengthen data quality and governance through routine verification, validation, documentation, and evidence management
- Coordinate the collection, analysis, and synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence to assess program performance, outcomes, and emerging impacts
- Lead the development of impact stories, case studies, outcome harvesting, and learning products
- Conduct portfolio-level analysis to identify trends, cross-program learning, and opportunities for strategic and programmatic improvement
- Facilitate regular learning and reflection processes to promote adaptive programming
- Provide technical guidance on theories of change, results frameworks, indicators, monitoring approaches, evaluation methodologies, and learning strategies
- Support the design and implementation of monitoring plans, baseline and endline studies, assessments, evaluations, and research activities
- Provide MERL and evidence-related inputs to program design, proposal development, and donor reporting
- Collaborate with program teams, implementing partners, consultants, researchers, donors, and regional and global TAF colleagues
- Represent TAF in relevant MERL, evaluation, research, and learning meetings, workshops, and technical forums
Qualifications:
- Minimum master's degree or advanced degree in economics, international development, public policy, law, environmental science, or relevant disciplines
- Minimum 10 years of experience in the development sector, government, civil society, or academic institutions, and at least eight years in a monitoring, evaluation, research, or learning-specific position
- Strong program management skills as they relate to monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning
- Demonstrated experience in learning and adaptive management
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; a willingness to work closely in team settings; a proactive and independent work style
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of Indonesia's political, economic, and social context
- Experience in report writing of publishable quality; experience in financial and grants management, budget control, and managing development projects
- Technical: qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation methodology, data collection tools, developmental evaluation, outcome harvesting, impact evaluation (including randomized control trials), perception survey design and sampling, field data collection, data storage and analysis, research ethics and board review, data software fluency (e.g., SPSS, STATA, SAS, PowerBI), cost benefit analysis, regression analysis, data visualization, open data protocol, and knowledge management
Compensation and Benefits: The Asia Foundation offers a competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience, along with professional development opportunities.
Closing date: 2026-08-28
HOW TO APPLY:
Submit your CV and cover letter through the electronic form provided at TAF-ID Recr Form – Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, Learning (MERL) & Impact Coordinator (https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/TW3xmGiF46), at the latest by August 28, 2026, at 5:00 PM Jakarta time. The Asia Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. No phone calls, please.